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cloud layer

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noun

  1. a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.


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To study its terrain, scientists must rely on radar imaging capable of penetrating the cloud layer.

From Science Daily Feb. 12, 2026

It will prove difficult for the waning sunlight to scour out moisture on the surface, though, resulting in only a thinning cloud layer with a few breaks of sunshine by Tuesday afternoon at best.

From Seattle Times Oct. 3, 2023

But the particular cloud layer where the phosphine is present happens to be relatively balmy, with ample sunlight and Earth-like atmospheric pressure and temperature.

From Scientific American Sep. 14, 2020

Four minutes later, the pilot advised he was climbing to avoid a cloud layer.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2020

In the distance, a single mountain rose up above the cloud layer.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

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